Toy Collection

Toys I think are cool.

I've collected various toys over the years. The ones I choose either have an interesting design, are quality implementations, or are just remind me of a piece of media that I like. I only get a couple of toys a year these days.

Most of my toys are in six glass IKEA display cases to keep them out of the way and organized. The rest are on shelves, bookcases and my desk. Save for a few large LEGO sets in the living room, and a Serenity in the bedroom, they are all in my office.

I've also modified some of the toys featuring battery-operated lights so that they instead use hardwired power, thus allowing the lighting can remain on all the time.

The main collection, stored in and around six IKEA display cases.

Hardwired power on The Dark Knight Batpod and TRON: Legacy Light Cycle.

Star Wars

I'm a fan of many of the designs in the Star Wars universe, especially the vehicles. One of my display cases is devoted to just these toys. I used to have more (such as figures), but I thinned them out over time to just the ones I liked the most.

Action Fleet vehicles, all of which came with small figures. These are all from the early 2000s, around the time the prequel movies came out.

Millenium Falcon

X-Wing

Y-Wing

B-Wing

Slave I

Imperial Shuttle

Snow Speeder

Luke's Speeder

TIE Bomber

TIE Interceptor

TIE Advanced

Escape Pod

Speeder Bikes

AT-ST

AT-AT

Sand Skiff

Cloud Car

Jawa Sand Crawler

Bantha

Naboo Starfighter

Republic Cruiser

Republic Destroyer

Republic Gunship

Battle Droid Tank

Battle Droid Carrier

Smaller Die Cast and Plastic Vehicles. I don't quite remember how these were branded, although I'm sure at least some are Micro Machines. These are all from the early 2000s.

Millenium Falcon

X-Wings

Y-Wing

Speeder Bikes

Cloud City

Death Star

Death Star II

Java Sand Crawler

Escape Pod

TIE Fighter

Battle Droid Control Ship

Battle Droid Fighter

Motorized Battle Droid Tank

Sith Starship

Naboo Starship

Republic Shuttle

Mon Calamari Cruiser

Hot Wheels and Hasbro Die Cast and Plastic Vehicles. These are from the Disney Star Wars movies, such s Rogue One and The Force Awakens.

Y-Wing (Gold Leader)

AT-ACT Cargo walker

Tantive IV Blockade Runner

TIE Striker (Hasbro)

TIE Striker (Hot Wheels)

First Order Star Destroyer

A-Wing (Star Wars Rebels)

U-Wing

Rey's Speeder

Action Figures and Vehicles: I don't have too many of these. I had a lot more when I was a kid, but they were quite large and often missing poses, so I sold them. Again, these are all from the early 2000s.

Transformers

My bother and I had a larger collection of first generation (aka Generation 1, or G1) Transformers, but we sold most of them; they had been heavily played with and weren't in the best condition anymore. I kept a few, and bought some re-issues and newer designs as well.

Original and Re-Issue Toys

Optimus Prime (original, ~1984)

Thrust (original, ~1985, missing a tail fin)

Dinobot Swoop (original, ~1985)

Dinobot Sludge (original, ~1985)

Dinobot Slag (original, ~1985)

Triple Changer Sandstorm (original, ~1985)

Autobot Cassettes Eject, Rewind and Steel Jaw (original, ~1985)

Megatron (reissue, early 2000s)

Starscream (reissue, early 2000s)

Soundwave (reissue, early 2000s) with Laserbeak, Buzz Saw and Ravage (original and re-issue)

Super-Mini Transformers. These were released as blind boxes in the early 2000s in Japan. Each is a tiny version of a G1 Transformer, and is fully transformable using a similar (if not identical) transformation sequence.

Optimus Prime with Trailer

Ultra Magnus

Bumblebee

Wheeljack

Jazz

Prowl

Red Alert

Sideswipe

Hot Rod

Megatron

Starscream

Skywarp

Thrust

Soundwave, complete with an incredibly tiny transforming Ravage

I also have a Diacron/Diaclone similar to Sideswipe (a red Lamborghini Coutach). This was the original toy line that later made up many of the Autobots, and included tiny figures with magnetic feet to pilot the (non-sentient) vehicles.

Masterpiece Autobots

Masterpiece Decepticons

Armada Unicron, Alternator Ravage, Hess Fuel Transport

GI Joe

My brother and I had a large collection of 1980s era 3.75" GI Joe toys, including the really big toys like the Defiant Space Shuttle Complex, the Terror Drome, and the massive USS Flagg Aircraft Carrier. We've since sold the vast majority of them; I kept only the motorized MOBAT tank, and bought the brown AWE Striker and Sky Hawk re-issues -- the latter of which we never had, but which I always liked the design of.

Batman

I was a big fan of the 1990s era Batman: The Animated Series, as well as the Christopher Nolan Dark Knight movies, so I have a few toys from those:

Batman: The Animated Series: Batmobile (green highlights)

Batman: The Animated Series: Batman vs. Clayface figures

Batman: The Animated Series: Batman

Batman: The Animated Series: Robin

Batman: The Animated Series: Mr. Freeze

Batman: The Animated Series: Joker

Batman: The Animated Series: Grey Ghost

I also have some of the more recently released (2014-2015) Batman: The Animated Series and Batman Beyond toys from DC Collectibles. These have a lot more articulation, detail and accessories than the older early 2000s figures above. I also hardwired power to the Batmobile so that the lights can stay on all the time.

Batman

Mr. Freeze

Two Face

Creeper

Roxy Rocket with rocket

Clayface

Batman from Batman Beyond

Old Bruce Wayne and Ace from Batman Beyond

Batmobile

Batwing

Along with the Animated Series toys, I have a few from the Dark Knight movie trilogy in addition to the LEGO Tumbler mentioned above:

The Dark Knight: Batpod and Batman from Hot Toys

The Dark Knight Rises: Bat from Revoltech

The Grey Ghost

Batman, Mr. Freeze and Two Face

DC Collectibles Batmobile with the lighting hardwired to a plugged-in power source.

Macross/Robotech

I particularly liked the mecha designs from the Macross series, and had a number of toys (mostly Veritech fighters) from it over the years. I also had the G1 Transformer Jetfire, which was a Super Valkyrie knockoff, but have long since lost track of it. I also keep hoping they'll release a large-scale Monster destroid...

LEGO Sets

LEGO sets are quite fun to build, and some of the designs are rather clever. I only have a few these days, though, although for the most part they are quite large.

Ghostbusters ECTO-1 (21108)A rather faithful adaption, complete with all four Ghostbusters.

Ghostbusters Firehouse (75827)A large model with over 4500 pieces, opening to reveal a playset-style layout with a dozen characters from the movie.

Star Wars Ultimate Millennium Falcon (10179)With over 5000 pieces, this was the largest LEGO set ever released at the time (and still the most expensive). It took me a bout a week to assemble, a day of which was just sorting the pieces.

Star Wars Super Star Destroy (10221)I just really like the design of the Super Star Destroyer.

Firefly Serenity and MinifigsThis is a fan made kit with over 2000 pieces that was available for a short time in 2012. The minifies and shuttles were sold separately, but I got them too. The kit is a rather well done replica with three rooms (kitchen, cargo bay and cockpit) and a lot of space inside. This design compromises the structure somewhat, and I had to glue key parts together to keep it solid (by contrast, the Millennium Falcon's interior is mostly heavy-duty structure so that it can support its own weight, but has basically no internal space). The drive section is also quite fragile (glue helped a lot), and features a light brick that makes the whole engine glow when activated.

Model Trains

Model trains

My brother and I would get a model train car each year for Christmas. I still have mine, as well as some smaller trains and my mom's childhood steam engine and coal car, which weighs around ten pounds by itself. They are currently displayed on a shelf, but not in a manner that they can be run.

Lionel diesel engine and cars (O gauge)

Very old (and heavy) steam engine with coal car (O gauge)

A smaller train set (TT gauge?)

Micro Machine trains (two small sets)

Other Movies

Aliens: Power Loader with Ripley (late 200s)

Aliens: Plush Facehugger (early 20002)

Aliens: Plush Egg with Facehugger (early 2000s)

Aliens: APC, Alien Queen and Marine (late 1990s)

Aliens: Hudson, Hicks and Vasquez figures (2017 release)

Aliens: APC and Dropship (2016 release)

Army of Darkness: S-Mart Ash

Army of Darkness: Chainsaw Arm Ash

Austin Powers: Dr. Evil

Dogma: Buddy Christ

Galaxy Quest: NSEA NTE-3120 Protector model

Ghostbusters: Ghost Trap Replica

Ghostbusters: PKE Meter Replica

Ghostbusters: Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man

Ghostbusters: ECTO-1

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Marvin the Paranoid Robot

The Iron Giant, various toys of the title character, including one that stands two feet tall.

Video Game Toys

Toys based on video games designs. In particular, the Stryder titan from Titanfall was my preferred mech in that game, and I was pretty good with it, making it up to generation 10 with a rank of Platinum 3 (which probably means nothing to most everyone). I'm just disappointed that I couldn't get it with the arc canon.

Portal Talking Plush TurretFrom the Portal video game series.

SSV Normandy SR-1From the video game Mass Effect.

ThreeZero Titanfall Stryder titan with CQB pilotFrom the video game Titanfall by Respawn. Stands 18" tall, and includes a chain gun and rail gun for the titan, and a CAR SMG for the pilot, modified with hardwired power for the LEDs.

Metal Gear Rex from Metal Gear SolidModified with hardwired power for the LEDs.

Misc

Armed Terrorist FigureI got this one because of the stupidity of this toy being banned in the late 1990s. It wasn't because of the ski mask, the assault rifle, the shotgun, or anything else -- it was because he was wearing a trench coat.

Battletech Lead FiguresFrom back when I played Battletech in middle and high school. I assembled and painted these, and built tiered terrain from styrofoam blocks to play with them on.

P-Chan PlushFrom the anime Ranma 1/2.

Plasma CutterHalf scale, which came with my purchase of the video game Dead Space.

Hess Fuel TankerAn old Chirstmas present from when I was a kid, these were (and still are, I believe) commonly sold at Hess gas stations.

Stikfa CowboyI used to have quite a lot of these, but eventually sold them all on eBay as a lot. I somehow missed this one, so I've kept him around.

Super Mario Bros. Vignettes

Random Stuffed AnimalsJust some old ones: a fluffy cat, a large blue rabbit, a bison, Snoopy, two small white seals and a grey seal.

Clothing and Accessories

Besides the Nike DeLorean sneakers, I also have a few nostalgic T-shirts, some of which were made into throw pillows using ThinkGeek's T-shirt to pillow set (which they don't seem to sell anymore).

AbbyShot Stampede DusterI actually have two of these. The first is a dark grey with about twenty pockets sewn in by AbbyShot for me. The second one is black, and has just the standard pockets, which I'd sometimes augment with a Scott eVest.

Goldeneye WatchFrom the Nintendo 64 game, a Redittor figured out how to get these made for $7 USD.

Vash the Stampede's SunglassesYellow-tinted glasses with zig-zag frames and a metal carrying case from Trigun.

Invader Zim T-ShirtI really liked this one, as it had a subtle Irkin logo on the front and no actual text saying "Invader Zim" or anything like that on it. I haven't been able to find a new one; the original was given to me by a friend at Nickelodeon.

Autobot Matrix of Leadership T-ShirtFrom the original Transformers series, these were produced by a third party in the early 2000s. Again, these no longer seem to be available.